Steven Levingston

Little Demon in the City of Light

A True Story of Murder and Mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris

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A delicious true crime account of a murder most gallic-think CSI Paris meets Georges Simenon-whose lurid combination of sex, brutality, forensics, and hypnotism riveted first a nation and then the world.In 1889, the gruesome murder of a lascivious court official at the hands of a ruthless con man and his pliant mistress launched the trial of the century. When Toussaint-Augustin Gouffé entered 3, rue Tronson du Coudray, expecting a delightful assignation with the comely Gabrielle Bompard, he was instead murdered by Gabrielle and her lover, Michel Eyraud. An international manhunt chased the infamous couple from Paris to America's West Coast, cu… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-385-53604-2
EAN: 9780385536042
Produktnummer: 15727740
Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 352 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 4'280 KB
Abbildungen: 8 PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS

Über den Autor

A veteran international journalist who has worked in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Paris, along with assignments in New York, Chicago, and Washington, STEVEN LEVINGSTON is the nonfiction book editor of The Washington Post. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife and two children.